An accomplished museum executive with more than three decades of experience in the field, Joel A. Bartsch began his career at the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, where he served as a curatorial assistant and assistant to the director. In 2004, Joel A. Bartsch became the president and CEO of the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS). The Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Hall of Ancient Egypt reopened on November 20, 2021. Most of the frequent visitors were surprised by the new lighting design and technology integrated into the 12,500-square-foot space before the reopening. While the museum has familiarized visitors with historical Egyptian religion, fashion, mummification, and burial, the new lights add an aesthetic quality to the space. One of the most noticeable additions was the elektraLite Stingray Mini 20-watt LED fixtures, roughly 350. Built with innovative technologies, these lights are particularly perfect for the open-top artifacts-containing glass cases since their color temperature can be adjusted. The visual characteristics of some artifacts were only optimum in a certain color range that can be accomplished with the Stingray Mini LED fixtures. The lights can also be positioned at various angles within each case and at various distances, which ensures that a sufficient distance in terms of candlesticks is met when illuminating certain light-sensitive artifacts. It’s no wonder that many of these objects are sensitive to light since many are over 3,000 years old. Another feature of the Mini LED fixtures is that they can be adjusted via an iPad web app. With directions from curators, lighting designers can adjust the illumination precisely.

1. Joel Bartsch

2. An accomplished museum executive with more than three decades of
experience in the field, Joel A. Bartsch began his career at the Colorado
School of Mines Geology Museum, where he served as a curatorial
assistant and assistant to the director. In 2004, Joel A. Bartsch became
the president and CEO of the Houston Museum of Natural Science
(HMNS).

3. The Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Hall of Ancient Egypt
reopened on November 20, 2021. Most of the frequent visitors were
surprised by the new lighting design and technology integrated into the
12,500-square-foot space before the reopening. While the museum has
familiarized visitors with historical Egyptian religion, fashion,
mummification, and burial, the new lights add an aesthetic quality to the
space.

4. One of the most noticeable additions was the elektraLite Stingray Mini
20-watt LED fixtures, roughly 350. Built with innovative technologies,
these lights are particularly perfect for the open-top artifacts-containing
glass cases since their color temperature can be adjusted. The visual
characteristics of some artifacts were only optimum in a certain color
range that can be accomplished with the Stingray Mini LED fixtures.

5. The lights can also be positioned at various angles within each case and
at various distances, which ensures that a sufficient distance in terms of
candlesticks is met when illuminating certain light-sensitive artifacts. It’s
no wonder that many of these objects are sensitive to light since many
are over 3,000 years old.

6. Another feature of the Mini LED fixtures is that they can be adjusted via
an iPad web app. With directions from curators, lighting designers can
adjust the illumination precisely.